crowds in the country. Folks wanted to swing to jazz and see and hearWills play the fiddle. Having been featured in several cowboy moviesbeginning in 1940, "Western Swing" was on its way.In the course of nearly one half century, Wills and his bands re-corded over 500 songs. At their peak Wills and the Playboys reportedlycould perform 3,600oo numbers. Wills's greatest happiness was foundin music. While working with the Playboys, he was not only bandleader but fun leader too. He so inspired the band members that astrong sense of loyalty and companionship characterized the group.Many particularly talented musicians turned down offers to play withbig-name bands because of the comradery of the Playboys and espe-cially because of Wills personally and his musical imaginativeness.What worked for the band unhappily did not work in Wills's privatelife. Married five times he was intensely jealous of each of his wives.He was an insecure man and a periodic drunk, especially in the lateryears of his career. Never was he able to maintain a happy personalrelationship.Wills is remembered mainly for his fiddle and string bands. He haddifficulty accepting this preference since he always thought of his bighorn bands as his best. Wills never fully understood that what folksliked most of all was Bob Wills and his fiddle.Townsend has written a definitive biography, the work of extensiveresearch. Though he has an undeniable pro-Wills bias, the author'sinterpretations are so well documented that the book is persuasive.In addition to over i,ooo footnotes, many annotated, there also is ahelpful essay on sources. Over 150 photographs covering Wills's lifemake the book additionally attractive. Bob Pinson's discography andfilmusicography provide further guidance to those wishing additionalinformation. The book should be read seriously by those interestedin the development of American music.Austin, Texas WAYNE OAKESClark and the Anderson: A Personal Profile. By N. Don Macon. (Hous-ton: The Texas Medical Center, 1976. Pp. ii+272. Illustrations.$7.95.)In 1941 the legislature of Texas appropriated half a million dollarsfor the establishment of a cancer research hospital with the provisionthat it be under the control of the Board of Regents of the Universityof Texas but not a part of the medical school. John W. Spies, thendean of the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston, had a